Given their weaponry and the amount of time it takes to set up mortars, etc, no, it was not a "happenstance" attack. There was evident planning and command structure. That denotes a higher level decision.
I know that. I didn’t say it was a happenstance attack. I said that capturing intel was happenstance for them. IOWs I don’t think that was their primary motivation. I think I explained that in some detail above.